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Originally Posted by wayner
You don't by Apple and pay so much because the hardware is so much better, you pay it because the integration is so good and the lack of problems to deal with
I fear in jobs absence that will change
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Yes, without Jobs the Apple we all love is slowly rotting.
Yes the integration is great but I will argue the hardware in many, not all, cases is better.
The 3,1 / 4,1 and 5,1 MacPros are undoubtedly the pinnacle of desktop hardware.
There's a reason that 5-8 year old machines are in demand on the secondary market and still command higher prices than most PC's you'll find at retail.
My 08' MacPro is a dual quad core Xenon with 32 GB's of RAM, 7 TB internal, 16 TB external SATA RAID 5, dual 2 GB GPU's running 5 displays on the latest up to date OS.
It's a beast that has been running 24/7 since new except for the odd downtime to swap a component or move its location.
It really is a spectacular bit of design and engineering.
